Interview | a Zayed University student Fakhra Al Ghafri

A man getting ready for the interview. Source Mckinsey

Name, Age?

My name is Fakhra Al Ghafri and I’m 20 years old.

What do you like about yourself?

I like how I love myself, I like to be confided and believe on myself.

What do you like to change in yourself and why?

I would like to lose weight and change my lifestyle to be healthier.

Why did you choose Zayed University?

Actually I didn’t choose it and I wasn’t think of zayed university because I always want to study abroad but after that I take off this idea because I think it is hard to go away from my mother. so I pray for the best and all the way zayed university accepted me as a student.

What is you major? Why did choose your major?

My major is integrated strategic communication, I choose this major because I’m interest in and I like media’s stuff. Also I like to communicate with other people.

Describe your major?

My major is about media, it depends on writing and reading a lot and I have to be a follower for the news. Also this major let me communicate with many people that I never met or know to explain them a specific thing about the organization or the firm that I will work in.

What you’d say for new students that still not sure about what major to choose?

My advice to them is to choose your major from now, and find a major that they interest in because if not they will not get what they want and they will not give in the wrong major as much as they will give in major they love.

How do you see yourself in future?

I see myself as a manager in a famous company in the UAE, and a successful businesswoman who has her own business.

How you will achieve it?

I will achieve my dream by putting my goals and start working hard on it because there is nothing impossible.

What is your biggest decision that you made and it affected you?

My biggest decision that I made is when I reject to get married to complete my studying and this affected me in good way because I have enough time for myself and for my studying which I got high marks and good GPA.